in texas, houston, texas. he didn't come away with an endorsement per se. moments ago on fox news romney responded to gingrich's claim yesterday that he will, quote, be the nominee, period. >> you know, there is this funny thing in america. it's called an election. you have to win the election. to win the election you got to earn it. you got to get out and campaign, see the people, shake their hands. self-agrandizing statements about polls are not going to win elections. >> as you can see, every day this week the gingrich/romney folks have turned up the knob a little bit on trying to poke at gingrich. in fact, in the same interview romney said america does not need a, quote, better lobbyist or a better insider. really trying to paint the gingrich experience particularly in the post speakership of starting all those businesses, office on "k" street, doing work for freddie mac, as a negative, believing that the gingrich inside washington credential will be worse to some conservative primary voters than romney's shaky conservative credentials. if it comes down